tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194447112017-09-07T17:46:00.361-07:00Adam's RiffAdam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.comBlogger638125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-64446479003848815902016-10-17T10:01:00.002-07:002016-10-17T10:01:34.600-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 521: How do You Like Meow? Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NaubL9Zc_04/WAUBZ5VqLgI/AAAAAAAA2z8/edRRb2l_56kA38EqdN1hVgfODbu5QByxgCLcB/s1600/Hat%2B521%2BCrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NaubL9Zc_04/WAUBZ5VqLgI/AAAAAAAA2z8/edRRb2l_56kA38EqdN1hVgfODbu5QByxgCLcB/s1600/Hat%2B521%2BCrop.jpg" /></a></div><br />Black, 100% acrylic knit cap with white all-caps embroidery that reads:&nbsp;"Féline" on one line and "Meow" on the other.&nbsp;&nbsp;Interior tag gives the country of manufacture as China and interior label (which says "made in U.S.A." - we assume that's essentially a result of putting the embroidery on the finished cap stateside) says "BLTEE <a href="http://www.brianlichtenberg.com/" target="_blank">Brian Lichtenberg</a>."<br /><br />This knit cap was purloined from the Bride this morning as it's a rare rainy Los Angeles Monday and the old noggin needed some insulation. And, in case you're not fluent in fashion, it's meant to be a parody reference to the <a href="https://www.celine.com/en" target="_blank">Céline</a>&nbsp;luxury label.<br /><br />This isn't the first time we've featured one of Lichtenberg's fashion parody pieces in the Project, a white version of the cap (riffing on Balmain) appeared as <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/02/project-cubbins-hat-260-we-ballin.html" target="_blank">Hat 260</a>&nbsp;and a parody of his parody pieces clocked in at <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/02/project-cubbins-hat-256-aint-aint.html" target="_blank">Hat 256</a>.<br /><br /><br /><b>ALSO:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2016/08/post-cubbins-hat-520-dot-dam-edition.html" target="_blank">Hat 520: A Dot Dam</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2016/06/post-cubbins-hat-519-dont-tronc-me-bro.html" target="_blank">Hat 519: Don't tronc me Bro</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/02/project-cubbins-hat-260-we-ballin.html" target="_blank">Hat 260: We Ballin'</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Q: OK, fun hat. But what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries. Hat One was posted on May 27, 2013, and Hat 500 was posted on October 8, 2014.</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-64964290142406663702016-08-02T10:04:00.001-07:002016-08-02T10:04:48.368-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 520 - A Dot Dam Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SG3OKDsbv5U/V6DShlBFz5I/AAAAAAAA0Ys/kmv5OeYSLC0eL3D0k31oidvbOTDzOYUGACLcB/s1600/hat%2B520%2Bcrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SG3OKDsbv5U/V6DShlBFz5I/AAAAAAAA0Ys/kmv5OeYSLC0eL3D0k31oidvbOTDzOYUGACLcB/s1600/hat%2B520%2Bcrop.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Black, 100% cotton snapback cap with gold all caps embroidery on front that reads: "A. HAM" with additional gold embroidery on back that reads: "Hamilton: An American Musical." Interior tag reads: "Otto, 125-1038, One size fits most, made in China. Additional details include flat brim with contrast gray underneath and sticker on top that reads: Otto 3030 Pro SNAP, The Premium Snapback Cap."<br /><br />This lid, which was waiting for me when I returned from my recent voyage to the 802 was procured by the Bride whose love for the Broadway musical <a href="http://www.hamiltonbroadway.com/" target="_blank">"Hamilton"</a> rivals my own. (We've had to institute a strict no-dueling policy in the house.)<br /><br />The "A. Ham" is a reference to a line from the song <a href="http://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-your-obedient-servant-lyrics" target="_blank">"Your Obedient Servant"</a>&nbsp;in which Hamilton (the genius Lin-Manuel Miranda) raps the closing and signature of a letter to Aaron Burr thusly: <i>I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant / A dot Ham.&nbsp;</i><br /><i><br /></i>I could go on and on about how uh-mazing this show was (I saw it last September as part of an over-the-top birthday excursion that started in New York City and ended in Berlin) and I still weep uncontrollably every time I hear Jonathan Groff sing "You'll Be Back" on the soundtrack album) but will simply leave it at: "GO SEE IT ANYWHERE AND ANY WAY YOU CAN."<br /><br />I close with a hat-tip to the Bride and a deep bow of respect to the genius of "Hamilton" and all those involved with it.<br /><br /><i>I have the honor to be</i><br /><i>Your Obdt. St.</i><br /><i>A dot Dam</i><br /><br /><b>ALSO</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2016/06/post-cubbins-hat-519-dont-tronc-me-bro.html" target="_blank">Hat 519: Don't tronc Me Bro</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/09/project-cubbins-hat-109-new-amsterdam.html" target="_blank">Hat 109: New Amsterdam State of Mind</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/07/project-cubbins-hat-fifty-two.html" target="_blank">Hat 52: Two Tschorns and a Tricorne</a><br /><i><br /></i><i>Q: OK, fun hat. But what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries. Hat One was posted on May 27, 2013, and Hat 500 was posted on October 8, 2014.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i></i><br /><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-80392693670966074352016-06-23T10:55:00.000-07:002016-06-23T10:55:07.198-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 519 - Don't tronc Me Bro Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e5kfJbXXXHA/V2wiVglryeI/AAAAAAAAzM0/vKIaPetVZdIsJ_qOdIWBrDl-dhbvqXjXgCLcB/s1600/Hat%2B519edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e5kfJbXXXHA/V2wiVglryeI/AAAAAAAAzM0/vKIaPetVZdIsJ_qOdIWBrDl-dhbvqXjXgCLcB/s320/Hat%2B519edit.jpg" width="277" /></a></div>Black, baseball-style cap with adjustable Velcro closure in the back and white embroidery on the front that reads: "Los Angeles Times." Interior tag reads: "Apollo USA, made in China."<br /><br />This hat came into my possession less than two hours ago at an employee town hall meeting. Since the meeting itself was off the record all I'm at liberty to say is that many of these hats were handed out - gratis - to other attendees prior to the off-the-record portion of said meeting.<br /><br />Added benefit: Now I can now keep my head buried in the Los Angeles Times even when it's not .. you know .. buried in the Los Angeles Times.<br /><br /><br /><b>ALSO:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/04/project-cubbins-hat-316-feeling-bit.html" target="_blank">Hat 316: Feelin' Festival of Bookish</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/02/project-cubbins-hat-276-hark-herald.html" target="_blank">Hat 276: Hark the Herald-Examiner</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/01/project-cubbins-hat-227-late-great.html" target="_blank">Hat 227: The (Late) Great Outdoors</a><br /><br /><i>Q: OK, fun hat. But what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries. <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" target="_blank">Hat One</a> was posted on May 27, 2013, and <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" target="_blank">Hat 500</a> was posted on October 8, 2014.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-46195257782372255582016-05-26T10:04:00.001-07:002016-05-26T10:04:38.130-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 518 - Rudolph the Red Nose Day Reindeer Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eg2ceKdWhUM/V0csTELW2KI/AAAAAAAAyN8/SAeZtSquqCMDPDQQlff4_qsI6r2JQ3boACLcB/s1600/Hat%2B518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eg2ceKdWhUM/V0csTELW2KI/AAAAAAAAyN8/SAeZtSquqCMDPDQQlff4_qsI6r2JQ3boACLcB/s400/Hat%2B518.jpg" width="373" /></a></div>Deer-shaped cap covered in brown faux fur with a pair of light brown antlers. (It's a 10-pointer if you're wondering.) All identification and manufacturing tags have been removed. This hat came to the project by way of Davis Alexander (see <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-513-mingo-for-moms.html" target="_blank">PC 513: A 'Mingo for the Moms</a>).<br /><br />The hat has been after-market accessorized with a red rubber nose that mysteriously arrived on my desk sometime in the last two months. According to the accompanying tag, sales of said schnoz (which is being offered exclusively through <a href="http://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/rednoseday.jsp?ban=RND2016_DLHERO_052516" target="_blank">Walgreens</a>) support the Red Nose Day Fund, a program under the Comic Relief umbrella.<br /><br />More information on that program can be found at <a href="http://rednosedayusa.com/">rednosedayusa.com</a>. As for me, I've got to get moving -- I've got some serious sleigh weight to pull.<br /><br /><b>ALSO:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2016/03/post-cubbins-hat-517-patty-ofurniture.html" target="_blank">PC 517: Patty O'Furniture</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/05/project-cubbins-hat-346-under-buck.html" target="_blank">PC 346: Under a Buck</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/12/project-cubbins-hat-196-antler-claus.html" target="_blank">PC 196: Antler Claus</a><br /><br /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-62987138702325388552016-03-17T10:17:00.000-07:002016-03-17T10:17:15.177-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 517 - Patty O'Furniture Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OjscI8h6Nyc/VurmRARmKdI/AAAAAAAAlDg/nH3Fq-g5lGwN9Sa8HYe0jytfJTzmmG_kA/s1600/HAt%2B51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OjscI8h6Nyc/VurmRARmKdI/AAAAAAAAlDg/nH3Fq-g5lGwN9Sa8HYe0jytfJTzmmG_kA/s1600/HAt%2B51.jpg" /></a></div><br />Green polyurethane foam leprechaun hat by Elope Inc., with orange polyester beard also from Elope. Both were manufactured in China. <br /><br />This seasonally appropriate hat was left anonymously in my office cubicle some months ago along with a press release describing it as a "Lepre-Con 2016 Instant Leprechaun Makeover Kit." As far as I can figure, the gear - and the press release - were aimed at drumming up participation for a February 13, 2016, Las Vegas event billed as the <a href="http://lepre-con.stbaldricks.org/" target="_blank">World's Largest Leprechaun Gathering</a>. (As opposed to say, a gathering of the world's largest leprechauns, a conclave to which I in my finery might be better suited.)<br /><br />I can't resist the opportunity to share my favorite and corniest (or perhaps corned-beefiest) Irish joke:<br /><br /><i>Q: Who is the first Irishman out in the Spring?</i><br /><i>A: Patty O'Furniture.</i><br /><br />Groan as you will. I didn't promise it'd be highbrow. A tip o' the leprechaun lid to the good doctor for the shamrock which ended up being today's number card.<br /><b><br /></b><b>ALSO:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2016/01/post-cubbins-hat-516-thats-so-funnel.html" target="_blank">Hat 516: That's So Funnel</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/project-cubbins-hat-295-shamrock-shaker.html" target="_blank">Hat 295: Shamrock Shaker</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/10/project-cunbbins-hat-137-luck-o-irish.html" target="_blank">Hat 137: Luck o' the Irish</a><br /><br /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div><br />Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-91917125289924112622016-01-25T09:56:00.001-08:002016-01-25T09:56:02.669-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 516 - That's So Funnel Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YclxDqkWljs/VqZhof_98LI/AAAAAAAAk28/A_p2_xvsptY/s1600/woodmancrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YclxDqkWljs/VqZhof_98LI/AAAAAAAAk28/A_p2_xvsptY/s1600/woodmancrop.jpg" /></a></div><br />In celebration of Millinery Monday I present a silver metallic, funnel-shaped Tin Woodman hat with Velcro-closure, under-the-chin strap and metal stud detailing around the edge. Interior tag reads: "Pony Express Creations, Inc" and "Made in China" along with the no-longer-valid web address of the manufacturer.<br /><br />Clearly a nod to the &nbsp;headgear worn by the heart-seeking metal lumberjack from Frank L. Baum's "Oz" books, this from the cornucopia of caps left at my cubicle by Davis Alexander (see <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-513-mingo-for-moms.html" target="_blank">PC: 513 --"A 'Mingo for the Moms"</a>) and was part of her hat-collecting mother's deep bench of lids.<br /><br />Today's hat-tip goes to Alice Blue Nadler, the assist to Davis Alexander.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2016/01/post-cubbins-hat-515-in-n-out-seeing.html" target="_blank">PC 515: Seeing Double-Double</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-514-sir-laugh-lot.html" target="_blank">PC 514: Sir Laugh A Lot</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-513-mingo-for-moms.html" target="_blank">PC 513: A 'Mingo for the Moms</a><br /><br /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div><br /><br />Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-25042596126184835012016-01-12T10:21:00.001-08:002016-01-12T10:23:42.364-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 515 - In-N-Out Seeing Double Double Edition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--wbF54DhILc/VpVDUdkdCuI/AAAAAAAAk1M/mRrwh3-H948/s1600/Hat%2B515crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--wbF54DhILc/VpVDUdkdCuI/AAAAAAAAk1M/mRrwh3-H948/s1600/Hat%2B515crop.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Today's lid is a white, disposable paper overseas cap with an all caps <a href="http://www.in-n-out.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IN-N-OUT</a> printed in &nbsp;red along with a yellow boomerang-style arrow edged in red. Additional exterior detail includes red palm trees in silhouette. Interior red-printed details include the name <a href="http://www.cellucap.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cellucap</a>, a toll-free number (presumably for re-ordering said Cellucaps) and the the words "made in Mexico."<br /><br />This cap comes to the Project by way of one of our favorite families -- the Fogarty four-pack. Of its provenance, Heather John Fogarty writes: "[We were] at the Blackstone [Avenue] In-N-Out in Fresno on our way home from Yosemite around 1 p.m. last Sunday! The manager came up to us and offered the boys hats. In-N-Out is a staple on every road trip to/from &nbsp;St. Helena or Yosemite but this is the first time we were offered hats. and the boys were totally into it."<br /><br />In case you're one of the readers who has never had the noshable Nirvana that is an In-N-Out burger, it might just be one of the best quick-serve (for God's sake do NOT say "fast food") hamburgers I've ever had the pleasure of stuffing into my pie hole (make that burger hole). Each burger is made fresh to order. My standard order is a "Double Double" -- two burger patties and two slices of cheese -- but you can infinitely customize your burger thanks to a <a href="http://www.in-n-out.com/menu/not-so-secret-menu.aspx" target="_blank">not-so-secret secret menu</a> that allows you to build a 3 X 3 (three patties, three slices of cheese) a 4 X 4 (you guessed it, four of each) and ask for your burger "animal style" -- topped with mustard, pickles and grilled onions -- or "protein style" -- wrapped in lettuce instead of served on a bun. (If you do an Internet search for "In-N-Out 100 X 100" you'll find photos of something that looks like a skinned, cheese-drenched python.) <br /><br />Today's hat-tip goes to the Fogarty boys, George (at far left in the above photo) and Freddy (far right), with an assist to Heather.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-514-sir-laugh-lot.html" target="_blank">PC 514: Sir Laugh a Lot</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/02/post-cubbins-hat-501-got-dairy-dan.html" target="_blank">PC 501: Dairy Dan</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/11/project-cubbins-hat-170-forestry-for.html" target="_blank">PC 170: The Forestry System</a><br /><br /><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-829782349957518562015-12-29T14:47:00.000-08:002015-12-29T14:47:21.106-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 514 - Sir Laugh A Lot Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AySTL-sB7TY/VoMMMsSsQVI/AAAAAAAAk0A/BYzqaUwyG_4/s1600/laughalot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AySTL-sB7TY/VoMMMsSsQVI/AAAAAAAAk0A/BYzqaUwyG_4/s1600/laughalot.jpg" /></a></div><br />I like knit caps and I cannot lie ... What's probably the last lid of 2015 is a gray, 100% acrylic, made-in-China knit cap with all-caps embroidery that reads (nay, <i>commands</i>) "LAUGH A LOT."<br /><br />This pate-warming cap, which was in the "elf bag" my sainted mother gave me this Christmas, (other items included a pink flamingo dish and matching cheese knife and a vintage GEM single-edge razor), also happens to be heart-warming.<br /><br />That's because it's one of the toques in Kmart's <a href="http://www.kmart.com/en_us/dap/stjude.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giving Hat</a> program, which donates $1 from the sale of each $5 cap to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Other embroidered messages (all of them inspired by St Jude patients and their families) include: "SMILE" and "GIVE THANKS."<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3tNXoz5M1xA/VoMNLN-neiI/AAAAAAAAk0M/qL5RCgTv-TI/s1600/laughalot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3tNXoz5M1xA/VoMNLN-neiI/AAAAAAAAk0M/qL5RCgTv-TI/s320/laughalot.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />According to Kmart's <a href="http://www.kmart.com/en_us/dap/stjude.html" target="_blank">website</a> -- where the hats are still available for purchase (hint, hint) -- &nbsp;the retailer is donating $1 for each hat sold between November 8 and December 31 with a minimum donation of $50,000.<br /><br />I'm smiling, giving thanks and laughing a lot since the only thing I like better than a hat is a hat with a charitable element to it.<br /><br />A sincere tip o' the hat to my mother -- unless she wasn't joking and really did use that vintage razor on her legs before gifting it to me.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-513-mingo-for-moms.html" target="_blank">PC 513: A 'Mingo for Moms</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-512-adaminable.html" target="_blank">PC 512: Adaminable Snowmonster</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/06/project-cubbins-hat-382-love-your-melon.html" target="_blank">PC 382: Love Your Melon</a><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-43477811406758200202015-12-07T13:18:00.000-08:002015-12-07T13:18:02.967-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 513 - A 'Mingo for the Moms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5IvnmmlqFrM/VmX3d0U24TI/AAAAAAAAklM/VdHUDTUIx5I/s1600/mingo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5IvnmmlqFrM/VmX3d0U24TI/AAAAAAAAklM/VdHUDTUIx5I/s1600/mingo.jpg" /></a></div><br />Pink flamingo hat with dangling black legs and white and black beak detail. Interior tag reads: "Made in China."<br /><br />This hat was at the very bottom of a large bag 'o hats that swooped into my cubicle less than five minutes ago in the hands of the Times' Test Kitchen Director Noelle Carter and Recipe Tester Davis Alexander. Davis (pictured with me in the above left photo).<br /><br />Davis had just given them to Noelle (well-known around the office as a headgear enthusiast) and says of their provenance: "They belonged to my mother -- the late Alice Blue Nadler." Alexander went on to explain that her mother, who passed away three weeks ago at the age of 88, simply loved to buy the fantastical hats. As the two walked away from my desk, I heard Alexander say: "It's so nice to spread her joy" -- and I vigorously nod my flamingo-topped head in agreement.<br /><br />What really gets my heart cockles toasty warm is that this serendipitous hat came into my temporary custody on the very sane day my own mother is celebrating her birthday -- and that my mom and I have had a long-running mutual bemusement with all things pink flamingo that began decades ago with the gifting of a plastic and wire yard-ornament version.<br /><br />My mom is fond of saying "you don't take the journey -- the journey takes you," and, in this case I didn't choose my Monday millinery -- and Happy Birthday -- blog post as much at seems to have chosen me.<br /><br />A Happy Birthday to my sainted mother Nancy Tschorn and a sincere tip o' the hat to the late great Alice Blue Nadler - with the assist to Davis.<br /><br /><b>ALSO:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/12/post-cubbins-hat-512-adaminable.html" target="_blank">PC 512: Adaminable Snowmonster</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/08/project-cubbins-hat-460-gettin-buggy.html" target="_blank">PC 460: Gettin' Buggy</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/06/project-cubbins-hat-twenty.html" target="_blank">PC 20: Glacier Park</a><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-54859704236894851852015-12-03T10:51:00.001-08:002015-12-03T10:53:12.359-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 512 - Adaminable Snowmonster Edition <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rjm4ODs-aB0/VmCPH7yX7UI/AAAAAAAAkk4/GVnVZ3aX8nM/s1600/snowman2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rjm4ODs-aB0/VmCPH7yX7UI/AAAAAAAAkk4/GVnVZ3aX8nM/s1600/snowman2.jpg" /></a><br />Fuzzy "Abominable Snowmonster of the North" hat with white polyester microfleece lining, gray knit acrylic (front) and polyester (back) shell, with gray and white face details in a combination of embroidery and appliques. Additional details include gray microfleece horns and interior tag that indicates it was made in China.<br /><br />This snuggly warm toddler-sized piece of headgear wandered past my cubicle this morning atop the head of fellow hat enthusiast (and frequent contributor to Project Cubbins) Noelle Carter and it pushed all my holiday nostalgia buttons so perfectly I had to stop down and post it immediately.<br /><br />If you're of a certain age you'll likely remember the <a href="http://christmas-specials.wikia.com/wiki/The_Abominable_Snowmonster_of_the_North" target="_blank">Abominable Snowmonster of the North</a>&nbsp;(aka Bumble) from his role in the 1964 Rankin/Bass animated holiday special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." If you're not familiar with this particular yeti yet, I implore you to watch (or record for later watching) one of the <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/191756/" target="_blank">upcoming airings</a> of the perennial Christmas-tide favorite.<br /><br />The hat tip goes to Noelle who tells me her partner Val came home with said lid yesterday.<br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/11/post-cubbins-hat-511-inner-warmth-with.html" target="_blank">PC 511: Outerknown</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/01/project-cubbins-hat-246-christmas.html" target="_blank">PC 246: Christmas Season for No Reason</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/12/project-cubbins-hat-205-jingle-baller.html" target="_blank">PC 205: Jingle Baller [VIDEO]</a><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div><br /><br />Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-41079497548762893402015-11-16T15:18:00.001-08:002015-11-16T15:18:21.721-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 511 - Inner Warmth with Outerknown Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wAXNJmFD6mc/VkpkHxsxmYI/AAAAAAAAkiU/c1xiRiIFtI0/s1600/hat511crop2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wAXNJmFD6mc/VkpkHxsxmYI/AAAAAAAAkiU/c1xiRiIFtI0/s1600/hat511crop2.jpg" /></a></div><br />This blustery Millinery Monday finds my noggin sporting a super-soft gray knit cap. Interior tag includes a ribbon-like stripe with the stylized "OK" logo and a manufacture tag that reads: "100% Baby Alpaca, made in Peru" (both in English and French).<br /><br />The hat is from the debut collection of a super-luxe line called <a href="https://www.outerknown.com/" target="_blank">Outerknown</a>&nbsp;that launched this summer, and while I'm quick to mock the knit cap and all those who wear them (especially in beastly hot weather) in today's cool and unusually windy weather, I feel like I'm wearing a security blanket on my head - in the best possible way.<br />&nbsp;<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/11/post-cubbins-hat-510-dark-weber-from.html" target="_blank">PC 510: Dark Weber</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/project-cubbins-hat-300-three-heads-and.html" target="_blank">PC 300: Three Heads and a Hand-Knit</a><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-outerknown-20150913-story.html" target="_blank">Kelly Slater, John Moore launch Outerknown</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-22778707983897984792015-11-09T13:28:00.001-08:002015-11-09T13:28:46.751-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 510 - Dark Weber from Deutschland EditionIn honor of millinery Monday, I present to you a black, baseball-style cap in a poly/wool blend with <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i5MOHz8QbxU/VkEP5Mbet9I/AAAAAAAAkhU/W6dCngSGWuo/s1600/Hat%2B510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i5MOHz8QbxU/VkEP5Mbet9I/AAAAAAAAkhU/W6dCngSGWuo/s400/Hat%2B510.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>flat brim and black embroidery on front of a Weber kettle grill in silhouette.<br /><br />Additional details include a rectangular plastic Weber logo on back with the name in white and the grill silhouette in red), interior band that reads "Flexfit" and manufacturer's tag that reads: "Myrtle Beach Headgear."<br /><br />This hat was purchased at the <a href="http://www.weber-shop.com/weber-original-store/" target="_blank">Weber Original Store Berlin &amp; Grillakademie Original </a>during a trip the Bride and I took to Germany back in September. It was sitting at the counter and advertised as a marathon special -- seeing as the Berlin Marathon was taking place a few days later.<br /><br />The best &nbsp;could understand, it's the first-ever Weber standalone concept store anywhere, selling a range of grills and grill tools alongside a kick-ass (indoor!) grilling school that teaches you how to grill and then feeds you the results.<br /><br />I admit, it was totally an impulse purchase (I think I was probably just smitten with the giant, two-story-tall Weber grill standing outside), but what's not to like about a dedicated grilling lid? And it does go perfectly with Little Carbon Black, the Weber Genesis E-310 parked in our backyard.<br /><br /><b>ALSO:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/11/post-cubbins-hat-509-filu-and-frog.html" target="_blank">PC 509: Filù and Frog Mountain</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" target="_blank">PC 500: Bespoke Bartholemew</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/11/project-cubbins-500-hat-video.html" target="_blank">VIDEO: "The Road to 500"</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Q: OK, fun hat but what is Project Cubbins, exactly?</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-38713507496001964582015-11-05T12:43:00.001-08:002015-11-05T12:43:06.627-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 509 -- Filù and Frog Mountain / Halloween Hat Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxZLVqJcWKI/Vju-4KJomqI/AAAAAAAAkgQ/xFy0C8uC0Vo/s1600/Hat%2B509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxZLVqJcWKI/Vju-4KJomqI/AAAAAAAAkgQ/xFy0C8uC0Vo/s400/Hat%2B509.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Crushable beaver felt hat with generous brim snapped in the garden of Casa Hyder in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on October 31, 2015.<br /><br />The hat was graciously provided for the occasion by one Ms. Dawn Klohs co-owner/proprietess of the famed A'maree's of Newport Beach during a funtastical four-day trip south of the border for a mutual friends 40th birthday party.<br /><br />"It's beaver and it's from a company called Filù," Klohs said of this pliable lid's provenance, promptly pulling from her poncho pocket. A little additional e-sleuthing reveals that it is most likely the <a href="http://filuhats.com/portfolio_page/courchevel-camel/" target="_blank">"Courchevel Camel"</a> (in a color shade called "Ice" if we're not mistaken) from the 260-year-old Italian label's &nbsp;Fall/Winter 2015 collection.<br /><br />This was my first trip to the Mexican state of Guanjauato (which, I have it on good authority, translates to something approximating "frog mountain") but the Bride and I had such a blast I'm pretty confident it won't be our last.<br /><br />Incidentally, this wasn't the only headgear to come out of the trip, either, but the story of sombrero dos is so amazing it belongs in a whole separate post.<br /><br />So, an internationally flavored tip o' the hat to Dawn for furnishing the Filù (a label which she and her sister stock at the store) and a reminder to readers to throw their own hat in the ring for consideration here.<br /><br />The only rule? No duplicate hats.<br /><br /><b>Previous Posts:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/10/post-cubbins-hat-508-ghana-but-not.html" target="_blank">PC 508: Ghana but not Forgotten</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/09/post-cubbins-hat-507-bernin-down-house.html" target="_blank">PC 507: #feelthebern</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/09/post-cubbins-506-skeeter-beater-edition.html" target="_blank">PC 506: Nothin' But Nettin'</a>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-82400722875391541172015-10-05T09:10:00.000-07:002015-10-05T09:10:16.779-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 508 - Ghana But Not Forgotten Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rq4K2_O6aWI/VhKgziJTHHI/AAAAAAAAjXA/g93kXH1hi2A/s1600/IMG_5159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rq4K2_O6aWI/VhKgziJTHHI/AAAAAAAAjXA/g93kXH1hi2A/s400/IMG_5159.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Baseball-style cap in purple and gold Kente cloth with black crown button and black interior. This fantastic cap was procured for me by my sister-in-law Kathleen during her trip to Ghana last month -- and handed over personally while I was in New York City in advance of my Berlin trip.<br /><br />Kathleen explained that the colors used in Kente cloth have a symbolic meaning, and my recollection (aided, in part, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kente_cloth" target="_blank">this run-down</a> on Wikipedia) is that the gold represents royalty and / or spiritual purity and the purple is associated with femininity (and therefore often worn by women).<br /><br />While I've been known to rock my spiritual and feminine side from time to time, what had initially caught Kathleen's eye was the fact these also happen to be the team colors of one of my favroite teams -- the Los Angeles Lakers.<br /><br />So, in honor of the Lakers (who played -- <a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la-sp-lakers-jazz-20151005-story.html" target="_blank">and lost</a> -- their first pre-season game of the year last night) and the start of a new work week (let's call it "millinery Monday," shall we?) I'm posting this nifty gifty of a cap.<br /><br /><b>Related Hats:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/01/project-cubbins-hat-223-head-in-game.html" target="_blank">PC 223: Head in the Game</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/12/project-cubbins-hat-197-winter-laker.html" target="_blank">PC 197: Winter Laker Lid</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/10/project-cubbins-hat-157-lets-go-lakers.html" target="_blank">PC 157: Let's Go Lakers!</a><br /><br />Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-24128244553682377532015-09-11T09:00:00.005-07:002015-09-11T09:00:50.960-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 507 - Bernin' Down the House Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VxtPv5kudQk/VfL2z2TOhNI/AAAAAAAAi0E/MITi8TBxSUw/s1600/Hat%2B507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VxtPv5kudQk/VfL2z2TOhNI/AAAAAAAAi0E/MITi8TBxSUw/s400/Hat%2B507.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Navy blue baseball-style cap with white embroidery on front that reads: "think ... Bernie 2016," with the letter "i" in both words embroidered in a shade of blue that approximates teal.<br /><br />Additional details include adjustable buckle closure on back with embroidered American flag tag and label inside hat that reads: "Bayside, made in the USA, ASI 30244 RN 95024." The hat was purchased for me by the Bride on our recent trip to the 802 for Labor Day.<br /><br />One of two attached hangtags is an oval-shaped American flag on one side and a UPC code and price tag ($24.99) on the other. The second hangtag gives the provenance of the hat as the Vermont Hat Company (slogan: "gotcha covered!" and notes that "[a] portion of proceeds from the sale of this product will be donated to the <a href="http://www.thesamfund.org/" target="_blank">SAMFund</a> for young adult survivors of cancer."<br /><br />The "Bernie" here is Bernie Sanders, the Independent junior U.S. Senator from Vermont currently vying for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president. It goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway) the wearing of any hat for Project Cubbins implies no endorsement whatsoever, but it sure has been fun to watch Vermont's own excitable boy stump around the country.<br /><br />The hat also gives me a chance to rehash my favorite Bernie story: Sanders happened to be the mayor of Burlington during my years at UVM, During one particularly raucous fraternity party, I fondly recall his honor storming into the house -- accompanied by Burlington's police chief -- and telling me, white hair swirling about his head and face reddening with anger: "The people of Burlington have a right to quiet!" (On this point I do not disagree.)<br /><br />If you'd like to hear my Bernie impression, I did it on the radio one New Year's Eve during a Curtis Sliwa interview -- which you can listen to <a href="http://www.adamtschorn.com/audio.mp3" target="_blank">here</a>. It kicks in somewhere around the 4 minute and 30 second mark.<br /><br />I think the politi-hat in my sights is gonna be one of those Donald Trump lids.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/09/post-cubbins-506-skeeter-beater-edition.html" target="_blank">PC 506: Skeeter Beater</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/05/project-cubbins-hat-356-52nd-inaugural.html" target="_blank">PC 356: Brim Be Crazy</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/01/project-cubbins-hat-240-all-hat-no.html" target="_blank">PC 240: All Hat No Bottle</a>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-15749698687305951022015-09-06T18:09:00.001-07:002015-09-06T18:11:27.577-07:00Post Cubbins 506: Skeeter Beater Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-417XoH3wa8Y/Vezjv8GEliI/AAAAAAAAicA/q4YTepX3ITA/s640/blogger-image-2045383733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-417XoH3wa8Y/Vezjv8GEliI/AAAAAAAAicA/q4YTepX3ITA/s640/blogger-image-2045383733.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Black, 100% cotton, baseball-style cap with 100% polyester mosquito netting that rolls up and stores where the brim meets the crown and secures with a snap. Tags on the adjustable Velcro closure and on interior of hat read: "Little Fly." Interior tag gives the provenance of "Little Fly" as Quebec, Canada.<div><br></div><div>This cap, retail price $29.95, was purchased by my father-in-law for my sister-in-law for an upcoming trip to a place where mosquito bites can net you more than an itch.</div><div><br></div><div>Booth says the rolled-up netting part makes the hat look "Saint Bernardish." Thleen thought it deserved a place in the post-Cubbins canon and I concur.</div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-8664577201582626252015-07-06T19:05:00.001-07:002015-07-06T19:05:18.494-07:00PC 505: FEMA and Family Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8fn3ZtkN_0s/VZsCd4XLgCI/AAAAAAAAQ9g/Fvv5VxR0neY/s1600/Hat%2B505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8fn3ZtkN_0s/VZsCd4XLgCI/AAAAAAAAQ9g/Fvv5VxR0neY/s400/Hat%2B505.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Hat 505: Navy blue, baseball-style cap with an adjustable snap-buckle closure in back and white all-caps embroidery on front that reads "<a href="http://www.fema.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FEMA</a>." Interior tag reads: "Headmost, 100% cotton, made in China.<div><br /></div><div>This is certainly the most special of all the Post-Cubbins hats (and definitely in the top 10 of all hats in the run). And here's why:</div><div><br /></div><div>It was given to me on July 3, 2015, during a gathering of family and friends at the family homestead in SNAFU Hollow to honor my father, Doug Tschorn, who passed away in December,&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>My dad's final (written) wishes included having his ashes scattered in the hills of Sandgate, a town he made his home, raised a family in and loved so much. One of his greatest hopes (expressed to me often) was that upon &nbsp;his passing, those close to him should not mark the occasion sadly or solemnly but with a joyous, raucous celebration of his life. "I don't want a funeral," he said, "I want you guys to have a keg party!"<br /></div><div>The planning began in earnest around the first of the year and while there wasn't technically a keg on site (in honor of another of Dad's long-held wishes to avoid liquor liability) there was no shortage of beverages -- or anything else for that matter. By the time all the details were hammered out the event had turned into a tented, catered party for 100 family and closest friends from every corner of the country. It included a roaring bonfire (lit by a firefighter cousin), a fireworks display (courtesy of the neighbor) and, most importantly, a DJ who provided the evening's soundtrack from Frank Sinatra standards to The Doors "Light My Fire" which was played during the lighting of the aforementioned bonfire.</div><div><br /></div><div>The DJ was far from a random part of the evening. He was one Richard Bouchard, affectionately known in our family as Uncle Dick. He earned that title not by blood or marriage but by being my dad's oldest and dearest friend. They met, as family lore goes, when my dad was the assistant manager of the Sears store in the Walnut Hill Plaza in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Uncle Dick who was selling radio advertising at the time. I don't recall the exact year but it was at least 46 years ago and maybe as many as 49 years ago. They were fast friends, bound by a love of ham radios, flea markets and most especially the love of the bargain.</div><div><br /></div><div>I could prattle on for hours about how the lives of the Rhode Island Bouchards and the Vermont Tschorns have become intertwined but will leave it at the fact that there were four generations of inter-familial shenanigans on display at Friday's party.</div><div><br /></div><div>Part owner, business manager and chief engineer of radio station <a href="http://www.wnri.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WNRI</a>&nbsp;(1380 on the AM dial the slogan was -- and maybe still is -- "the AM that sounds like an FM") Uncle Dick is also known as "Rockin' Dick" his <i>nom du disc jockey </i>both on the radio station from time and as an &nbsp;actual party DJ for hire.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Another side gig -- and this is where the hat comes in -- is that he serves as a reservist for FEMA's Disaster Teams. After setting up his considerable DJ rig in the yard, he put the hat on the table in front of him and announced he'd brought it for the project.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>While I was certainly touched by Dick's gesture, I was more touched by his seemingly mad-intuitive skills at the DJ equipment. I'd never seen him in action before and it was a sight to behold -- the patter, the seamless way songs new and old flowed together. He had people dancing together that I thought would never be seen even talking &nbsp;to each other.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The capper though, was as the crowd gathered around to plant an apple tree with my father's ashes a couple dozen yards away from the area where the DJ table and tent were set up. As friends and family took turns shoveling dirt around the base of the tree, a song could be heard wafting over from where Uncle Dick stood sentinel:"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Indeed we are Uncle Dick, indeed we are. And, while I appreciate the hat, what I cherish more is the send-off you gave my dad -- and your best friend.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>It will not soon be forgotten.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Related:</b></div><div><b>PC 493: Hot Head</b></div><div><b>PC 240: Batten Kill on my Brain</b></div><div><b>PC 123: SNAFU Hollow</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Q: OK, fun hat but what is Project Cubbins, exactly?</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div></div><div><br /></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-70807155757742771722015-07-01T10:24:00.004-07:002015-07-01T10:24:47.781-07:00Post Cubbins 504: Eyes on my Money Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zpZZ6HKnM68/VZQiPFVuuTI/AAAAAAAAQ7I/RHEcnlXUv3c/s1600/504collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zpZZ6HKnM68/VZQiPFVuuTI/AAAAAAAAQ7I/RHEcnlXUv3c/s400/504collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />In the run-up to the Fourth of July weekend -- and no longer hobbled by the one-hat-a-day rule -- I decided to post two recent finds.<br /><br />The one on the left is a top hat silhouette with allover U.S. currency print on the (presumably polyester) crown and a black faux fur brim. (Maker unknown but I <i>think</i>&nbsp; it's from Elope.)<br /><br />The one on the right is definitely an Elope lid, described at the fantastical headwear company's website as a <a href="http://www.elope.com/estylez_item.aspx?item=250940" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Monsters University" Mike Deluxe Hoodie</a>. It's made of green polyester has two horns, one giant eyeball in the front and two 11-inch tassels.<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><br />These were both stealth-snapped at <a href="http://www.hiddentreasurestopanga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hidden Treasures Vintage </a>in Topanga Canyon during the goddaughter's whirlwind visit. I don't feel too bad about it though since both the goddaughter and the Bride walked away having made substantial purchases.<br /><br />This isn't the first time one of the hats from Hidden Treasures' deep bench of headgear has been featured, either, by the way. <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/06/project-cubbins-hat-thirteen.html" target="_blank">PC 13</a> (way back in June 2013) was purchased there -- and photographed in the parking lot as I left.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/06/post-cubbins-hat-503-poutine-on-my-pate.html" target="_blank">PC 503: Poutine Pate</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/09/project-cubbins-hat-481-patience-young.html" target="_blank">PC 481: Patience, Young Grasshopper</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/10/project-cubbins-hat-155-super-fly.html" target="_blank">PC 175: Super Fly</a><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Q: OK, fun hat but what is Project Cubbins, exactly?</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries.&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat One</a>&nbsp;was posted on May 27, 2013, and&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 500</a>&nbsp;was posted on October 8, 2014.</i></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-22136992709880343342015-06-24T13:22:00.000-07:002015-06-24T13:22:24.532-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 503: Poutine on my Pate EditionBaseball-style cap in black and red buffalo check flannel with black and white embroidery of a face on the front and Velcro closure in the back upon which a black, white and red embroidered logo label reads: "<i>Smoke's</i> Poutinerie."<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q9MFipRVvcA/VYsRSSfyXuI/AAAAAAAAQ6k/WHC3TPPi2sc/s1600/Hat%2B503_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q9MFipRVvcA/VYsRSSfyXuI/AAAAAAAAQ6k/WHC3TPPi2sc/s400/Hat%2B503_crop.jpg" width="383" /></a>This mystery lid was left, sometime in the last three weeks, at my desk in the Baja Features Cube Farm. There was no accompanying note or explanation of any kind and, to date, no one has mentioned it, but my guess is it came from one of my compatriots in the Food section.<br /><br />It took a surprisingly little amount of sleuthing the interwebs to determine that this cap must have arrived at the offices as part of the marketing campaign to announce the opening of, you guessed it, a poutinerie, right here in the City of Angels.<br /><br /><a href="https://smokespoutinerie.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smoke's Poutinerie</a> to be precise, which opened at 1552 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood on June 17, making it the second California location behind an outpost in Berkeley.<br /><br />I have to say that, despite having spent my formative years within curling distance of the Canadian border -- not to mention being what some might consider an overly zealous gastronaut -- I don't think I've actually ever eaten poutine proper.<br /><br />Poutine, for those unfamiliar with the dish, is one of Canada's contributions to the culinary canon, essentially a pile of French fries ladled to near-drowning with a brown gravy and topped with cheese curds. According to the currently accepted creation myth, It hails from rural Quebec in particular, and the name may or may not be derived from the word "pudding."<br /><br />In my defense, I've snarfed down many &nbsp;aplat of fries and gravy in my day -- most memorably at Nectar's in Burlington, Vermont, in my college years -- but to the best of my recollection they've never been topped with cheese curds. (Not that it's be a deal-breaker or anything.)<br /><br />Oh, and just in case you're wondering (since I was) that embroidered visage above the visor of the hat is apparently the guy they call Smoke.<br /><br /><b>More North of the Border North of the Neck:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/04/project-cubbins-hat-338-human-sock.html" target="_blank">PC 338: The Pook Toque</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/10/project-cubbins-hat-145-canadian-coyote.html" target="_blank">PC 145: Canadian Coyote</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/07/project-cubbins-hat-sixty-six.html" target="_blank">PC 66: A Kepi from Canada</a><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries. <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" target="_blank">Hat One</a> was posted on May 27, 2013, and <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" target="_blank">Hat 500</a> was posted on October 8, 2014.<o:p></o:p></i></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.</i><o:p></o:p></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-16355656655528496842015-04-01T11:31:00.002-07:002015-04-01T11:31:57.216-07:00Post Cubbins: Hat 502 - The April Fool / Jester Next Door Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_h3TDmtAvjo/VRw5gVRoGmI/AAAAAAAAQhA/DT_9CwmVWoY/s1600/Hat%2B502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_h3TDmtAvjo/VRw5gVRoGmI/AAAAAAAAQhA/DT_9CwmVWoY/s1600/Hat%2B502.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Red velvet jester-style cap with bells <i>en pointe. </i>Additional detail includes yellow embroidery on back that reads "<a href="https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/" target="_blank">Cirque du Soleil</a>."<div><br /></div><div>I've had this lid in the wings since the middle of March since I knew, from the minute I saw it, it would be perfect for an April Fools' Day post. It is on long-term loan to the extended version of the Project by our cross-the-street neighbor Byron Funk.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I think it looks perfect on you," he told me -- completely unaware of my borderline obsession with zany headgear. Of its provenance, Byron said: "I got it at a Cirque du Soleil show in Los Angeles about five years ago and I usually don't buy souvenirs but this was something special."</div><div><br /></div><div>Funk's traditionally paired this well-made, upscale cap (let's call it "jester formal," shall we?) with a black suit for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim" target="_blank">Purim</a>&nbsp;festivities, though this year his wife Reva told me he decided not to. A couple of weeks later the Funks called me over and presented me with this glorious fool's crown nestled in a huge Robinsons-May hat box.</div><div><br /></div><div>The best part, to me, is that even though the Funks weren't aware of my proclivity for millinery, they somehow felt the hat would find a good home across the street.</div><div><br /></div><div>And that is where it will remain - with bells on.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>No fooling.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Related:</b></div><div><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2015/02/post-cubbins-hat-501-got-dairy-dan.html" target="_blank">February 24, 2015: Hat 501 - Got Dairy, Dan?</a></div><div><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/04/project-cubbins-hat-310-straight-off.html" target="_blank">April 1, 2014: Hat 310</a>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/project-cubbins-surely-we-jester-edition.html" target="_blank">March 4, 2014: Hat 282 - Surely We Jester&nbsp;</a></div>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-43480672110165326972015-02-24T17:57:00.001-08:002015-02-24T17:57:09.848-08:00Post Cubbins: Hat 501 -- Got Dairy, Dan?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYW6y_XNkfM/VO0rp5Rdu7I/AAAAAAAAQFk/_l8Z7Y9SomM/s1600/Hat%2B501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYW6y_XNkfM/VO0rp5Rdu7I/AAAAAAAAQFk/_l8Z7Y9SomM/s1600/Hat%2B501.JPG" height="277" width="400" /></a></div><br />Vintage white paper ice-cream vendor's hat with blue printing that reads: "Dairy Dan" to the left of a stylized ice cream truck with a soft-serve cone on the roof. Interior printing reads: "U.S. Pat. No. 2,685,090 Other Pats. Pending, Made and Printed in U.S.A., Cellucap Mfg. Co. , Phila., PA" and includes a "This hat belongs to: ____________" line and sizing instructions.<br /><br />I've been carrying that folded yellow Post-It with the number 501 on it since the day I closed out the official 500-hat run of Project Cubbins back on October 8, 2014. To say a lot has happened since then is an understatement of near biblical proportions, but I knew, deep in my heart of hearts I hadn't snapped my last hat.<br /><br />So, when Noelle Carter -- one of the earliest and most enthusiastic contributors to the Project --waved this cap at me like a red cape at a bull, I felt it was time. Of its provenance she says: "I got it at a second-hand store two years ago and it wished I'd had it while you were doing your project but I just found it today while I was moving desks."<br /><br />What was Dairy Dan? My cursory search of the interwebs finds a couple of ice cream shops in the Midwest that go by the name Dairy Dan but based on the truck picture on the hat -- and a passage I found in the 2012 obituary&nbsp;of one <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesleader/obituary.aspx?n=alvin-s-rothstein&amp;pid=155641540" target="_blank">Alvin "Buddy" Rothstein</a> -- I believe I found the answer:<br /><br /><i>"Following military service, Buddy married Olyphant native, Beulah Spitz, and moved to York, where he operated a soda bottling plant. After 13 years, he sold the plant and returned to Wilkes-Barre to found Dairy Dan, one of the first soft ice cream truck franchisors."</i><br /><br />That would have been in about 1958 or so.<br /><br />A sincere hat-tip to Noelle for throwing this hat in the ring. I can;t help but think a deserving number 502 is right around the corner.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/10/project-cubbins-hat-500-bespoke.html" target="_blank">PC 500: Bespoke Bartholemew</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" target="_blank">PC 001: Let the Games Begin</a><br /><br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-86656851693177729962014-10-08T13:15:00.003-07:002014-10-08T13:15:53.912-07:00Project Cubbins: Hat 500 -- Bespoke Bartholemew / Handcrafted Cubbins Edtion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oWjoShXrwJw/VDWarglsGqI/AAAAAAAAO7g/2QqZTQJxVao/s1600/Hat%2B500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oWjoShXrwJw/VDWarglsGqI/AAAAAAAAO7g/2QqZTQJxVao/s1600/Hat%2B500.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 500 / Hat 500: Red, handmade alpine-style hat in soft felt with red thread stitching and accessorized with a single white turkey feather. Handcrafted late last night by this mad hatter himself to approximate the hat worn by one Bartholemew Cubbins in the book that bears his name.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you might imagine, I put a lot of thought into what today's hat would/could/should be (and I mean&nbsp;<i>a lot</i>), but after sporting hundreds of borrowed, loaned, cajoled, wheedled and stealth-snapped hats, helmets, caps (and even a <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/01/project-cubbins-hat-234-tschornado.html" target="_blank">sharknado</a>) flowing from family, friends, co-workers, strangers and more than a few unwitting retail establishments, it seemed only fitting that I </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CCW7jE_fCQQ/VDWa8-TXUNI/AAAAAAAAO7o/tuUXuS1PZo8/s1600/IMG_4563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CCW7jE_fCQQ/VDWa8-TXUNI/AAAAAAAAO7o/tuUXuS1PZo8/s1600/IMG_4563.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">step up to the plate and actually make one.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not so handy with the needle and thread (in some places it was augmented with a generous application of double-sided craft tape), but as I sat there at my desk stitching this together I gained a true appreciation for the art and craft that in the course of wearing my work hat I often overlook.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It also gave me a chance to reflect on some of the lessons I've learned over the last 500 days, including, but certainly not limited to, &nbsp;the following:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-- Just about everybody has a hat - and every hat has a story</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-- The world will never run out of baseball-style caps</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-- The ability to plan is important -- but the ability to improvise is more important&nbsp;</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-- Having doubters (not detractors) is good motivation</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As to that last point, I'm referring specifically to the young lady I told you about back at <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/09/project-cubbins-hat-481-patience-young.html" target="_blank">PC 481</a>&nbsp;who told her mom, in the early days of the Project, that she wasn't sure I'd hit 500. She sure lit a fire under me. And, wouldn't you know it, by a strange twist of fate, that little girl turns 10 years (or roughly 3,650 hats) old TODAY!&nbsp;</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v43mhLw2G0Y/VDWbKNH1KDI/AAAAAAAAO7w/0oI8EUTx2co/s1600/IMG_4554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v43mhLw2G0Y/VDWbKNH1KDI/AAAAAAAAO7w/0oI8EUTx2co/s1600/IMG_4554.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know any list of thank-yous, appreciations and hat tips would fall short -- which is why I tried to thank folks as I went along, but an especially deep bow of thanks goes to my long-suffering colleagues who have watched the tide of hats ebb and flow across my desk over the last year and a half. Thanks too to my family (nuclear/extended/by birth and marriage) for their unflagging support and enthusiasm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And a simultaneous tipping of all 500 hats is due the Bride. Purchaser of &nbsp;some hats, loaner of others, in the final moments of last night's labors she even served as millinery midwife as I birthed the final Bartholemew bonnet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and if you haven't read Dr. Seuss' "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," you should. There's a lot going on in there. Even after many a re-reading I'm still finding magic beneath every last hat.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did what I did for that kid from the Kingdom of Didd.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Related:</span></b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/01/project-cubbins-hat-250-serving-of.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PC 250: Halfway Home</span></a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/11/project-cubbins-500-hat-video.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Video: "The Road to 500"</span></a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PC 1: At the Starting Gate&nbsp;</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;">Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly&nbsp;is&nbsp;Project Cubbins, anyway?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 1</a>.</span></i></span>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-76328244792321162712014-10-07T17:24:00.003-07:002014-10-07T17:24:42.705-07:00Project Cubbins: Hat 499 - The Cat with a Cat in the "Cat in the Hat" Hat Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cz434CYLLcQ/VDR7lzde7kI/AAAAAAAAO64/46k98mPBAnQ/s1600/Hat%2B499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cz434CYLLcQ/VDR7lzde7kI/AAAAAAAAO64/46k98mPBAnQ/s1600/Hat%2B499.jpg" /></a></div><br />Day 499 / Hat 499: Plush red and white striped stovepipe-style top hat with 11-inch crown, inch-and-a-half white brim, red lining and interior adjustable Velcro sizing strap. One interior tag reads: "Dr. Seuss, 2014 Classic Media, 59 cm, made in China," and second tag reads: "Spirit Halloween, Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA, 100% polyester." According to the hang tag that was attached to this bad boy when I bought it at the UTB <a href="http://www.spirithalloween.com/?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spirit Halloween store</a>, it is an officially licensed "Cat in the Hat Deluxe Hat."<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d-y2VzvtDpo/VDSC2Zs7waI/AAAAAAAAO7Q/bh6StWVjvDk/s1600/Hat%2B499%2BExtra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d-y2VzvtDpo/VDSC2Zs7waI/AAAAAAAAO7Q/bh6StWVjvDk/s1600/Hat%2B499%2BExtra.jpg" height="200" width="158" /></a>With the sun speedily setting on the Project, I felt it only appropriate for the penultimate piece, to pay homage to undoubtedly the most famous of all Seussian hats from the book "The Cat in the Hat" that catapulted (did you see what I just did there?) Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel) into literary fame in the years following its March 12, 1957, publication.<br /><br />As an added bit of fun-time wordplay (look, I've only got so much slack left in the rope here folks) I had the Bride take a second shot of me in the "Cat in the Hat" hat - with our cat. The furry loaf of sunshine in my arms there is Bob and while, he was certainly not amused by the whole affair, at least he held still long enough to get the shot.<br /><br />Of course our other cat Citrus (aka "Butterscotch Lightning") has had her own star turn over the course of the Project -- guest starring in the more than appropriately titled PC 274: <a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/02/project-cubbns-hat-274-my-cat-on-my-hat.html" target="_blank">"My Cat on my Hat.</a>"<br /><br /><i>Now it's onward and upward I go</i><br /><i>With excitement -- and a little sorrow</i><br /><i>Knowing that the one-hat-a-day&nbsp;</i><br /><i>Game that I play</i><br /><i>Comes to an end on the morrow.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/06/project-cubbins-hat-399-in-bit-of.html" target="_blank">PC 399: In a Bit of a Stewie</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/project-cubbins-hat-299-driving-mr.html" target="_blank">PC 299: Driving Mr. Wheat</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/12/project-cubbins-hat-199-hipster-before.html" target="_blank">PC 199: The Hipster before Xmas</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/09/project-cubbins-hat-ninety-nine-anda.html" target="_blank">PC 99: Anda &amp; Masha</a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/10/project-cubbins-hat-134-flat-hats.html" target="_blank">A Year Ago Today in Project Cubbins</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;">Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly&nbsp;is&nbsp;Project Cubbins, anyway?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 1</a>.</span></i></span>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-9897886287170433742014-10-06T19:12:00.001-07:002014-10-06T19:12:08.869-07:00Project Cubbins: Hat 498 - Topshelf Thakoon Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wbgcJti7mBc/VDNFKwryZwI/AAAAAAAAO6g/pwgQBLcwjHk/s1600/Hat%2B498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wbgcJti7mBc/VDNFKwryZwI/AAAAAAAAO6g/pwgQBLcwjHk/s1600/Hat%2B498.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 498 / Hat 498: White, woven straw fedora with subtly geometrically pleated unfinished brim, blue grosgrain ribbon hatband detail and brown interior sweatband lining. Interior tags read: "Thakoon" and "Albertus." That would as in <a href="http://albertusswanepoel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Albertus Q. Swanepoel</a> the South African born milliner and frequent collaborator with sells his own label as well as not infrequent collaborations with other fashion designers (such as Thakoon in the above confection).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JhZWfy-0Jb8/VDNLqAcPyVI/AAAAAAAAO6s/NYkdnNYpEs8/s1600/IMG_4535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JhZWfy-0Jb8/VDNLqAcPyVI/AAAAAAAAO6s/NYkdnNYpEs8/s1600/IMG_4535.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While not as much of an over-the-top topper as some in the last handful of hats, this one deserves special merit for escaping my lid-grubbing ways over the last 496 days. I found in cowering in a white hatbox on the top shelf in the farthest reaches of the Bride's closet. (That's it in its natural habitat at right.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How could it have survived this long? I know not. What I do know is that I've searched high and low across the many entries over the last year and a half and don't see it recorded, logged or cataloged anywhere.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It'd be unconscionable if I were to let a lid living in my own home escape my clutches. So, with this natty Thakoon lid locked down, that means thee are just two last hats to throw into the ring.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you're as excited as I am to see what they are ...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Related:</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/06/project-cubbins-hat-398-victory-presses.html" target="_blank">PC 398: Victory Presses</a></span><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/12/project-cubbins-hat-198-totally.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PC 198: Recalled Rykiel</span></a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/10/project-cubbins-hat-133-throwback.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Year Ago Today in Project Cubbins</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;">Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly&nbsp;is&nbsp;Project Cubbins, anyway?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 1</a>.</span></i></span>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444711.post-77695671122966849352014-10-05T16:18:00.000-07:002014-10-05T16:18:09.597-07:00Project Cubbins: Hat 497 -- Snowman is an Island Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-amgTdunJqD0/VDHNi5OGYEI/AAAAAAAAO6U/pkbXKbwjp-c/s1600/Hat%2B497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-amgTdunJqD0/VDHNi5OGYEI/AAAAAAAAO6U/pkbXKbwjp-c/s1600/Hat%2B497.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 497 / Hat 497: White, child-sized, knit Laplander cap with black embroidery detail and orange knit carrot nose on front that combine to create the grinning visage of Olaf the Snowman from Disney's "Frozen." additional detail includes baby blue polar fleece lining and braided light blue flap ties. One interior tag reads: &nbsp;"Disney, made in China," a second tag describes it as a "child 4-6X" and includes the name of the licensee as <a href="http://www.elegantheadwear.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&nbsp;"ABG Accessories."</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In all honesty, I don't anything about Olaf (as I'm probably the last human on Earth who has not seen the movie "Frozen") and hadn't really intended to stealth snap <i>again</i> so close to the end of the project but the head wants what the head wants and this Laplander lid beckoned to my brainpan from the aisles of the <a href="http://www.joann.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store</a> on La Cienega this afternoon. (What, exactly, I was doing in a craft store in the middle of a Sunday afternoon will have to remain a mystery for a bit longer.)&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At any rate, coming across this cartoon snowdude cap helped me keep a cool head in this record bout of Los Angeles heat we're having this weekend. It also helped the snowball of this Project to gain a little last-minute momentum as it rolls down the snowy slope toward conclusion just three days -- and three little hats -- away.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Related:</span></b><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2014/03/project-cubbins-hat-297-yellow-letter.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PC 297: Yellow Letter Day</span></a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/08/project-cubbins-hat-ninety-seven.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PC 97: Feelin' Pithy</span></a><br /><a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/10/project-cubbins-hat-132-friends-driving.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Year Ago Today in Project Cubbins</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;">Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly&nbsp;is&nbsp;Project Cubbins, anyway?</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.3279991149902px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with&nbsp;<a href="http://adamtschorn.blogspot.com/2013/05/project-cubbins-hat-one.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hat 1</a>.</span></i></span>Adam Tschornhttps://plus.google.com/101224382321470610061noreply@blogger.com0